Improvement in sausage-machines



l. H. BEAM.

Sausage-Machine. No. 164,416, Patentedlunel5,l875.

. Figi different positions of the plunger, and also a UNITED STATES'AfrEN'r OFFICE.

JACOB H. BEAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN .SUSAGE-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 164,4! 6, dated June 15,1875 application filed f June 3,1875.

To all whom it my concern:

Be it known that I, J Aeon H. BEAM, of the city of Philadelphia, in theState of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Sausage Stut'ersor Fillers, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates more especially to the lard-press andsausage-stuli'er of Joseph B. Cassels patent, No. 81,751, datedSeptember 1, 1868; and the object of my said invention is to render thesaid machine more simple, inexpensive, and effective as asausage-stutter, by dispensing with the perforated casing andfunnel-shaped ring, and providing a fixed platform and sliding yoke foradjusting the recess in the under side of the plunger-disk, for thepurpose of allowing the last portion or' the meat on the bottom of thecontaining-vessel to be forced out toward the spout, and thus clear thesaid bottom at every completed downward movement of said plunger, all ofwhich will be fully and clearly described, and set forth herein, withreference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalcentral section of the meat-receiving vessel and the plunger, inconnection with a front elevation of the sliding yoke and its rack andcrank. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a planview of the whole machine, showing the receiver opened for thereceptionof the sausagemeat; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the under orrecessed side of the plunger.

The receiving-vessel A is simply a hollow cylindrical vessel ofcastiron, provided with a projecting spout, a', on a line with theinside surface of the bottom of the vessel and open upper end, fromwhich projects horizontally a flat platform, a, the two opposite sideedges 3 3 of which are parallel to each other, and each projects aboutthree-eighths oi' an inch over the outer side of the vessel A, while therear portion of said platform extends backward in the same horizontalplane about four inches, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3.

The yoke B, which carries the plunger C, with its rack c and connectingpinion (not seen) and cranked handle bf, has a grooved foot, b', at eachend, and in these grooves the two respective side edges 3 3 of theplatform a" t accurately, yet so as to allow the rigid yoke B to be slidbackward and forward on the platform a when the plunger C is elevated,sufficiently for the purpose, above the mouth of the vessel A, as shownin Fig. 3, in which the plunger C is shown as moved backward, so as toleave the mouth of the vessel A fully open for the introduction of themeat into the same, and in Figs. 1 and 2, in which the plunger is shownas inserted and suspended within the vessel A. (See Fig. 1.)

Directly below the projecting sides 3 3 of the platform a, tworespective bosses, 4 4, are cast on the outside'of the vessel A, and onthe under side of each foot b of B a corresponding ring-boss, b, iscast, which abuts against the respective boss 4 of A, and thus stops theforward movement of the sliding yoke B, when the center of the plunger Ccorresponds with the center of the mouth of A. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

The under side ofthe plunger C has a recess, c, or cavity, which extendsnearly to the center of the under side of the said plunger, and widensgradually therefrom until it reaches the spout-hole 5, (see Fig. 1,)where it joins a vertical iiange, of, that slides up and down with theplunger G, and, when down to its lowest position in the vessel A, coversor closes the upper half of the spout-hole 5, and leaves the lower halfofthe latter in open communication with the recess c, so that any of themeat which is compressed into a thin stratum uponthe bottom of A may be,by continuing the pressure on the plunger C, forced out into the cavityor toward the exit-spout a', and thus clear the bottom of A ready for afresh supply of meat. rIhe plunger G has two lugs, b b, in the middle ofits upper side, between which the lower end of the rack c lits, and issecured by a removable cross-pin.

The pinion on the crank-shaft gears into the rack, and is inclosed in aremovable por tion of the yoke, in the usual manner, and is free accessto the mouth of Ais thus given for the filling-in of the sausage-meateven with the top of the vessel. The yoke B is then slid forward untilchecked by the bosses 1) and 4, and thus the plunger C brought intojuxtaposition with the mouth of A. The sausageskin having been slippedonto the adjustable portion 7 of the spout cf, motion is now given tothe crank, and thus the plunger C forced downward, until it is stoppedby coming into direct contact with the inside of the bottom of A, andconsequently the contents or meat discharged into the retreating skinthrough Y the spout-hole 5, excepting only the small-portion whichremains in the recess c. rlhe motion of the crank 11 is now reversed,and thus the plunger C withdrawn from A, and afterward, by hand, pushedback into its rst position. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

It will be understood, without any further description, that the slidingmovement given to the yoke, which is in connection with the .of theplunger enables the operator to displace all the meat from thefbottoniof the vessel.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a sausage-fillingmachine, substantially as described, of the sliding yoke B and platforma with the meat-receiving vessel A, as and for the purpose here inbeforeset forth.

2. The recess c in the under side of the plunger C, in combination withthe vertical flange cf, substantially as and for the purposekhereinbefore set forth and described.

JACOB H. BEAM.

Witnesses:

BENJ. MoRIsoN, WM. H. MomsoN.

